Session Co-Chairs :
Prof. José Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, INESC-TEC Centre and CEDRI Centre, Portugal
Prof. Paulo Moura Oliveira, UTAD University and INESC-TEC Centre
Prof. Filomena Soares, Minho University and R&D Algoritmi Centre

Session description :
This special session deals with the challenges found by robotics and control practitioners, educators, researchers and enthusiasts, mainly in class and tutoring, but also some R&D activities.
The goal of the special session “Robotics and Control Engineering Education” is to bring together experts from the fields of robotics and control engineering to share their experience in new tools and methodologies in robotics and control education. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Robotics and control engineering curricula
 Modelling, simulation and laboratory experiments
 Virtual and remote labs
 Continuing control and robotics education for industry
 University-Industry co-operation
 Multidisciplinary implications of robotics and control education
 E-learning in robotics and control education
 New teaching/learning approaches for robotics and control
 Robotic competitions as benchmarks
 New trends in educational robot prototyping